Evaluation of the New Pride Replication Program - Preliminary Report 2 (Revised) - Final Report

• NCJ Number: 89319
• Author(s): B West; C Knowles; S Laurence; P Gruenwald
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 166 pages
• Grant Number(s): 79-JN-AX-0031
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Corporate Author: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Revision of report dated November 1, 1982.

Annotation

This report on the preliminary evaluation findings for replications of New Pride, a juvenile community-based treatment program, deals with types of youth served, program impact, system impact, and client impact.

Abstract

The New Pride programs provide (1) professional diagnostic and needs assessment, (2) individualized treatment based on assessment, (3) remedial education and increased school achievement, (4) training in employment skills, (5) employment opportunities, and (6) services to improve clients' social functioning. The programs are serving serious multiple juvenile offenders, who are overwhelmingly male minority youth averaging 15.7 years. Clients receive an average of 23 kinds of services, far more than were planned, and 73 percent of the services planned for clients were delivered. School attendance improved from 54.7 percent pre-New Pride to 70.4 percent during New Pride, and clients from all projects experienced statistically significant gains in scores reflective of academic achievement. Sixty-four percent of the clients who remain in New Pride for 3 months or longer are employed while in the program for varying periods of time. Overall, program effects seen in time-series data indicate that after 4 months, the percentage of clients both petitioned and adjudicated for new offenses remains less than that of the matched group. Offense seriousness increases with age and chronicity for both groups, a common finding in delinquency research. While most preliminary indications are that the New Pride program has a positive impact on the law-violating behavior of clients, no definitive conclusions can be drawn at this time, because not enough followup has occurred. The appendixes list the contributors to the research and describe the data system. Tabular data from the study are provided. (Author summary modified)